Di Qi, Caroline, and the Three Pillar Gods' expressions changed slightly. None of them looked pleased.
They looked up at the Emperor Lord high above.
His methods were indeed astonishing.
Previously, he had used other means to ruthlessly surpass the results they had painstakingly achieved while drifting across the Chaos Sea and evolving universes. Now, with this method, he had pulled even farther ahead.
It was as if everything were held in an invisible hand, as though they had lived within the other party's calculations and arrangements all along, unable to surpass him from beginning to end.
"I'm afraid it was all part of the plan from the very beginning."
Di Qi looked at Zhi Ji and the Emperor Lord, who sat high above calmly drinking tea, and said helplessly, "Asura Path Warriors were originally transitional lifeforms in evolutionary development. Clearly, the Emperor Lord had prepared long ago, having the civilization worlds under his command cultivate knowledge in this area in advance. Calling it a miniature 'Spore Evolution' would not be an exaggeration. This was all for today."
"It isn't that we are incapable. It is the other side's first-mover advantage, their long-standing preparations! The creatures under their command are all proficient in this path now, like fish in water. It is only natural that they have surpassed us."
Caroline took a deep breath and looked toward the coastline with admiration. "Unfortunately, all the talents our civilizations cultivated before are now largely useless. This is an entirely new system. We need to cultivate new talent from scratch."
The direction of talent allocation had changed.
Combat-oriented talents were still powerful, but they had been relegated to the secondary role of "enforcers." Talents in evolutionary science were now the strongest.
This also led to shifts in Caroline's internal resource allocation. The Heavenly